During
the Sino-Japanese War, Ip Man (Donnie Yen) protected the dignity of Chinese
by his wushu (martial art). As he had beaten the Japanese army and made
them mad, he had to escape. After the war, the family lived in Foshan
and experienced hardship. Ip therefore went to Hong Kong to start a new
page with his family in 1949.

Ip’s family arrived Hong Kong. Fortunate enough to have Leung Kan
(Pierre Ngo), the chief editor of a newspaper, lending his roof to him
for teaching Wing Chun there. A young man Wong Leung (Huang Xiao Ming)
gathered a few of his boxing friends and asked Ip to be their master.
Ip then had his first group of pupil.